PlanetSide Goes Kind Of Free

So when does this happen?

The value in this game is huge infantry and vehicle battles in the field with aircraft all around.

Free, eh? I may have to check this one out finally. Is it worth my time and bandwidth?

I can remember way back in beta people were complaining about the lack of objectives to achieve in Planetside, there were talks about adding in capture the flag and having grand tournaments etc. etc. The devs posted a basic response that Planetside had just as many objectives if not more than the average FPS, I mean look at games like BF2 – capture the base, fight, and move onto the next.

The one thing that they forgot was to add a sense of skill to the game, with the cone of fire added to all the weapons there was no sense of really needing to aim the weapons, point in the general direction of the enemy and hold down the mouse button, whoever had the fewest hit points lost.

True, games like BF2 also have a cone of fire and randomness to almost all the weapons but there’s still a perceived feeling that mouse aiming skills are effective against your enemy.

This is funny, because I found leveling up in this game to be pointles, since you can use any weapon or vehicle at lvl 1 basically. All ranks give you is more versatility, you could just make more than 1 guy each specializing in different things.

I agree with maulla, its very fun for a while. Then after you recapture a base for the 10th time, you realize that its kinda pointless. There is no way to make any kind of lasting impact on the world.

CS S is pointless!!!!!!
atlist in planetside you can play 100 vs 100 vs 100

If you hook up with a good clan (good commanders are critical) there isn't a deeper and more satisfying shooter anywhere. Absolutely not a game for lone wolves though....

Enrico Pallazzo? The guy from The Naked Gun?

its fun for a while, but then you realise that just about anything you do in the game is meaningless after the battle is over and has moved to a new continent/area. the game would be amazing if it had the playerbase to actually have large battles EVERYWHERE so that its not just "capture --> next base --> fight --> rinse/repeat.